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The Chef · Marco · New York

Katz's Delicatessen

Lower East Side · Jewish deli · $$

I've eaten pastrami in every borough. This is still the one I measure the rest against. The fat-to-lean on a hand-cut order is the whole point.

The pastrami benchmark since 1888. Everyone copies it; nobody beats it.

— Marco, The Chef
The move — Marco's insider tip for Katz's Delicatessen — is in the app.
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